US Public Confidence on Iraq Plummeting

A new Harris Interactive poll shows that US public confidence in the Iraq venture is falling rapidly.

Question: How confident are you that U.S. policies in Iraq will be successful?

May 2005

Confident: 25%
Not confident: 54%
Not sure: 20%


Mar. 2005

Confident: 30%
Not confident: 49%
Not sure: 21%


Thinking about everything that has happened, do you think that taking military action against Iraq was the right or wrong thing to do?


May 2005

Right thing: 39%
Wrong thing: 48%
Not Sure: 13%


March 2005

Right thing: 41%
Wrong thing: 45%
Not sure: 15%